diff --git a/docs/src/ForDevelopers/Management.md b/docs/src/ForDevelopers/Management.md
index afabc1a4e..df0caae81 100644
--- a/docs/src/ForDevelopers/Management.md
+++ b/docs/src/ForDevelopers/Management.md
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ be on disk.
 
 Additionally, there are periphery tables such as `IntervalList` which are used
 to store entries created by downstream tables. These entries are not
-automatically deleted when the downstream entry is removed,
+automatically deleted when the downstream entry is removed. To minimize interference
+with ongoing user entry creation, we recommend running these cleanups on a less frequent
+basis (e.g. weekly).
 
 To remove orphaned files and entries, we run the following commands in our cron jobs:
 
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ from spyglass.decoding.v1.clusterless import schema as clusterless_schema
 def main():
     AnalysisNwbfile().nightly_cleanup()
     SpikeSorting().nightly_cleanup()
-    IntervalList().nightly_cleanup()
+    IntervalList().cleanup()
     nwbfile_schema.external['analysis'].delete(delete_external_files=True))
     nwbfile_schema.external['raw'].delete(delete_external_files=True))
     spikes_schema.external['analysis'].delete(delete_external_files=True))
diff --git a/src/spyglass/common/common_interval.py b/src/spyglass/common/common_interval.py
index 25670f03c..2021c5f69 100644
--- a/src/spyglass/common/common_interval.py
+++ b/src/spyglass/common/common_interval.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def plot_epoch_pos_raw_intervals(self, figsize=(20, 5), return_fig=False):
         if return_fig:
             return fig
 
-    def nightly_cleanup(self, dry_run=True):
+    def cleanup(self, dry_run=True):
         """Clean up orphaned IntervalList entries."""
         orphans = self - get_child_tables(self)
         if dry_run: